---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools: operation."
description: "Charter schools: operation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1994"
citation: "California AB 1994 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools: operation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bee8318a-31ba-42b5-b05c-707b54975273"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994"
source_hash: "cd1353f33fd255923aaabbefca8ccf3e7875895c09142c38e13a266e84645264"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1994 (20012002) — Charter schools: operation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199499INT)
2. **03/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199498AMD)
3. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199497AMD)
4. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199496AMD)
5. **05/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199495AMD)
6. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199494AMD)
7. **08/15/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199493AMD)
8. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199492AMD)
9. **08/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199491AMD)
10. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199489CHP)
11. **AB1994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994)
12. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1994&version=20010AB199490ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1994 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB1994 Reyes By Vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1994 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Alquist — author (person)
- Cohn — author (person)
- Diaz — author (person)
- Matthews — author (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1058, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 29. Page 8595.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2002-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 5958.) `reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, passage`
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2002-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 6220.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 6.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Art. IV, Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with and Joint Rule 55 suspended.
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2002-02-15** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bee8318a-31ba-42b5-b05c-707b54975273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).